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1. A. seabra (R. Br. Prodr. p. 249); culmis simplicibus foliisque 
equitantibus latis complanatis margine scabris ; inflorescentia majus- 
cula. — Nees in Plant. Preiss. 2. p. 61 ; F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 80; 
Kunth Enum. 3, p. 477 ; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 247; Benth. Flor. Aus- 
tral. 7. ined. ; X ast. infrá t. 2, p. 1-15 et 5, p. 1. 
% Rhizoma ascendens crassum compressum vaginis majusculis ĉo- 
riaceis distiche-imbricatis, sursum increscentibus dense obsitum. Cul- 
mus e rhizomate emergens cespite foliorum circumdatus 50-70 cent, 
altus erectus compressus foliaceus. Folia ómnia cæspitosa disticha basi 
equitantia superne linearia plana nervoso-striata ad margines crebre 
cartilagineo-serrata 80-60 cent. long.10-15 mill. lat. Inflorescentia 
mascula, 8-18 cent. long. erecta paniculatim cymosa, cymis erectis 1-flo- 
ris. As Wow sessiles vel peguroujai PARRI proctis superna 
superne ibraeté ollis [DAMM parvis. Flores cylindrato- lanceolati, 
Perianthium biseriale hexamerum segmentis sub æqualibus lineari- 
lanceolatis concavis ferrugineis, Filamenta 3 imo basi indiscreta. An- 
theræ biloculares superne profunde bilobæ infra emarginatæ, Pistil- 
lodium nullum. Inflorescentia plantæ femineæ 8-12 cent. long. spici- 
formis pluristachya, Cymule 2-3- stachys erectæ appressæ, in 
excavationibus rachidis impositæ, Spiculæ singulæ 10-12 mill. long. 
i-flore sessiles vel pedicellatæ, singuli braeteà lanceolata paulo 
breviore suffulta». Perianthii segmenta ut in mare nisi parum latiora 
internisque quam exteriora fere dimidio minoribus. Staminodia 8 lis 
guliformia. Ovarium truncatum 8-lobum stylis 3 longiusculis supera- 
tum, Capsula 3-loba 3-locularis. Semina majuscula ovoidea, testa al- 
bida papillosa obtectá, Raphe prominens, 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad sinum regis Georgii ( R. Br. 
Menzies, A Cunningham, Collie, Drummond 271 et 291, Oldfield, 
638), ad Champion Bay (Bower) et 9. (Preiss. 1780, Ferd, v. 
Mueller) Q. 
2. A. kevis (R. Br. Prodr., p. 249); culmis simplicibus foliisque 
equitantibus latis complanatis integris ; inflorescentia majuscula. — 
Nees in Pl. Preiss. 2, p. 61; Kunth Enum. 8, p.478; Steud. Synops. 2, 
p. 217; F. Muell. Fragm. 8, p. 81; Benth. Flor. Austral. 7, ined. 
Z Culmus e cæspite foliorum emergens erectus 40-60 cent. com- 
iba foliiformis, Folia basi equitantia disticha, superne in laminam 
planam elongatam nervoso-striatam margine integram extensa. Inflo- - 
rescentia terminalis 6-7 cent. long. paniculatim cymosa, ramis erectis 
appressis, spathis deciduis interstincta. Spiculæ mascuke cuneata 
4-5 mill. long. 1-flor. basi bracteis parvis vacuis munitæ. Perianthii 
